Corner connection for bedsteads



Jan. 23,, W23.

L. R. DOUGHERTY CORNER CONNECTION FOR BEDSTEADS.

FILED-JUNE I6. 1921.

INVENTOR.

."H'TORNEY.

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til. l d ll l l i mnnnncn it. nononnn'rr, or rniirintn. rnnnsrtvania, ASSIGNOR T H. :0.

nocennn'rr a continent, iltoonronatcnn, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- vamn, a CORPORATION or transient-Vania.

CORNER GUNNECTI ON FOR BEDSTIEADS.

.l'lppfication filed June 16, 3.921. Serial No. 477,923.

To (LN/"(,(JZO/HL it may concern:

Be it known that it, linininNon R. DOUGH- nn'rr, a citizen oi the United States, and a resident of Penfield, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anlmprovement in Corner Connections for iiedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bedsteads, more particularly to the construction oi the connection between the opposite ends of the side rails of thespring :l'rarne and the corner posts or legs of a threepiece bedstead strum ture, and it has for its general object to provide a strong and simple structure characterized in part by the e'flicient manner in which the opposite ends of the said side rails are connected to the said corner posts or legs.

My invention also has tor one oi its objects to provide the opposite ends otthe side rails of the spring frame structure of a bedstead with socket members oi channel shape in cross section, the upper ends of which are partially closed and the lower ends open, thereby providing means whereby the spring frame structure may be readily connected with and disconnected from suitable brackets or blocks upon the corner posts constituting parts oi the head and foot portions of the bedstead. v i

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means having: permanent connecti'onwith the socket members at ends of the said side rails and with adjacent end portions of such side rails for substantially strengthening and stiffening the connection between the two. i Other objects and advantages of the illvention will be pointed out in the detailed description thereo'l which Follows or will be apparent from such description.

in order that the invention may be readily understood and its practical advent .s .Lly appreciated. reference may he llitc .o accompanying; drawing in which l have t rated one form of construction embodying the invention. lt lowever, it will be understood that changres in the details of construction may llfidllMlG within the scope ot the claims without dc iiarting from the said invention.

In the draw ng:

1 1s a. view in side elevation ojfone end portion of abedstead embodying my invent-ion anintermediate portion only of a corner post being shown;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of 1, the spring being omitted llig. is a View showing a top plan of the connection. embodying the invention; and also showing in transverse section the corner post ofthe bedstead to which it is attached;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a strength ening angular member Whichis adapted to be permanently connected with an end portion ot one of the said side rails and with the channel socket member secured to an end oi" such portion;

Fig. 5 is a similar view looking in a di'l terent direction;

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a portion of a corner post with a bracket or anchor block secured thereto; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one end portion of one of the said. side rails with the channel socket member attached thereto but with the other parts of the st-nictureomitted. i Reterrinn to the drawing: 1 designates a corner post. of a bedstead havinga'block 2 s-recured thereto by welding, brazing or otherwise. which block is: provided with a pin 3 extending); through. an opening therethroun'h. the opposite ends of which; pin project short distances beyond the opposite sides oi? the said. block. In the construction shownvtheblock 2 is solid but if preferred it may be hollow.

The constructions at the four corners of the bedstead are identical so that it is deemed unnecessary to illustrate acomplete bedstead structure. One corner portion only is shown. I

The side rail or bar 5 ol" the .ililllllflj frame structure illustrated in the drawing is provided with a socket member 6 which is of channel shape in cross section. The inner portion 0 if tl'ie upper end of the socket member (i is closed. as indicated at 7. and the closure is provided with an elongated opening 8 adapted to receive a bolt 9 which extends through an opening in the horizontal flange of an angle member 9 which extends crosswise of the spring frame structure, and the opposite end of is secured in-like mantion 22, the outer end of which is sit I nor to the socket member at the opposite corner of the t'rame structure. The bolts are fastened by nuts as shown. It will be understood that one of these channel socket members is situated at each corner of the structure and that an angle iron or member 9'" is situated at the opposite end of the structure from that shown in the drawing.

The outer opposite edge portions of the opposite sides of the channel socket member 6 are provided with slots, as indicated at 10 for the reception of the downwardly extending flange 9" of the said angle iron or member.

The opposite ends of the bed spring 9" are secured to the angle irons 9 in any suitable or desired known manner as by hooks, as indicated at 9 which are connected with the horizontal flange of the said angle iron.

The oppositesides of the channel socket member 6 as shown in the drawing are provided at their central portions with. inwardly and upwardly inclined slots which open, as indicated at 16 upon the outer edges of the said side portions.

In assembling the spring frame structure with the head and foot portions of the bedstead, the opposite ends of the pins 3 are engaged'with the slots 15 and by reason oi: the fact that the said slots are inclined inwardly and upwardly the engagenient ot' the said pins and slots causes a clamping action of the inner side or bottom of the said channel members a 'ainst the edges of the blocks 2 uponthe corner posts. This relationshipis clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 oi? the drawing. a

For the purpose of strengthening and producing more rigid corner structures, I have provided the angular brace connections between'the channel socket members 6 and the adjacent end portions of the side rails 5. These corner bracing members respectively comprise a side portion 20 of right triangle shape which occupies a vertical position in a plane within the opposite sides of a side rail. At its inner downwardly inclined edge hypothenuse the side 20 is provided with an inwardly turned flange 21 and at its lJOlfiOlU or base the said sideis provided with a triangular shaped inwardly turned flaw in adjacent relation to the side of iight angle triangle shape of the bracing member which side 25 extends inwardly and substantially at right angles to the side 2Ov At its upper basal end the side 25 is provided with an outwardly extending flange 26 and along its downwardly and inwardlv iuclined hypothenuse edge is provided with an outwardly extending flange 27.

The lower side of the outer edge portion ofthe triangular inwardly extending flange projection 22 rests upon and is secured by welding or in any other suitable manner to the upper side of an end portion of a side rail, as clearl indicated at Cl in Figs. 1. and 2. Also the ower end of the llange 2] coin tacts with the side rail and is secured l'llOl'(},- to by welding or otherwise.

The outer side oi the outer edge portion of the side 25 rests against a portion oi the inner surface of the channel socket member 6 and is secured thereto by welding or otherwise. The shoulder 31, 'lormed by cut ting out a section oi? the outer end portion of the flange 26, is seated against the inner side of the channel member and is fastened thereto by welding or in any other suitable manner.

It will also be noted that the side 25 ol the angular bracing member is provided with a cut out section at its lower outer edge portion forming an edge which extends a. distance below the flange 22 along and in contact with the inner side ol an end of a side rail 5 which edge portion is likewise secured to the side rail by welding or otherwise.

It will be seen that this bracing member, having the angularly related triangular shaped flanged side portions 20 and 25, which is situated in the upper angle between an end of a side rail and a channel socket member secured thereto and which is i integrally connected with said rail and socket member by welding or in any other suitable manner, produces an extraordinarily strong corner cormection -oue which is adapted to secure the channel socket members to the ends of the side rails in a very rigid manner.

The horizontal flanges 26 integral with the upper edges of the side portions of the angular bracing members, one of which is situated at each corner of the bed structure afl'ord additional support for the angle members 9*.

It will be seen that by my invention l have provided a construction of corner connection for bedsteads which is simple in character but which is o'F such nature that it is adapted to oflier a maximum resista 111% to the stresses and strains: lo whi -b flustructure m y be subjecte 4 Although in invention i: i lustrated 11: embodied in l iIlllGGPJSPG PCi CJlF t will be understood hat it is uoi lilu led in i applicatii'ui to bedsteads ol' this clial':|rlv1' but m y be applied lo b(dr-'l u l ol' ollui' types 01' construction.

Having thus described my iurculiou. what I claim and desire to secure by lief lcrs Patent is:

1. A corner connection for bedslcads. comprising coupling members one of which is secured to a corner post and the other to an end of a side raih and a bracing member situated partly within the angle between said rail and the member of the coupling till lou

l l (l above said'rail, a bracing member situated in part in the angle between said rail and said coupling member and rigidly and per manently secured to said rail and said cou pling member, said bracing member comprising two triangular portions, the base of one of which portions is situated at the lower edge thereof and is secured to the upper side of a portion of said rail, and the .base of the other of said portions situated at the upper end of said bracing member and extending inwardly, and means where by said coupling member is adapted to be connected with and disconnected from corner post of said bedstead.

3. A corner connection for bedsteads, comprising an elongated coupling member se cured to an end of a side rail, said coupling member being arranged at right angles to and extending a distance above said side rail, a bracing member comprising two integrally connected portions each of which is of right angle triangular shape, one of which portions is located within the angle between the said side rail and the upper end portion of said coupling member, the basal edge of said portion connecting with and being permanently secured to the said rail, and the side edge portion thereof cont-acting with and being permanently secured to the said coupling member and the other of which portions extending inwardly fromthe first named portion and the upper basal edge thereof occupying a horizontal plane, and the outer lower edge of said portion extending below the lower edge of the first named portion and being secured to the side rail adj acent the said coupling member, and means for connecting and disconnecting the said coupling member with and from a corner post of said bedstead.

at. corner connection for bedsteads, comprising a coupling member secured to an end of side rail and extending above the same, and bracing member comprising portions integrally connected and angularly related to each other, one of said portions being situe ated in the angle between the said coupling member and the said side rail, and. the lower edge of said portion being permai'iently and rigidly secured tothe said rail, and the other portion extending inwardly, and a portion of the same adjacent the outer edge thereof being in contact with and rigidly and permanently secured to the said coupling member, and the upper edge of the said last named inwardly extending portion having an out ardly extending flange the inner end of which is in contact with and rigidly and permanently secured to the inner side of the said coupling n'1ember,'and the first named portion having an inwardly extending flange integral with the side opposite the angle which. is situated within the angle between the said coupling member and the said side rail, substantially described.

5. In a bedstead, in combination, a side rail having a coupling member permanently and rigidly secured to an end thereof, said coupling member being of channel shape in cross section, and the upper end thereof being closed, the closure being provided with an opening therethrough, a bracing member ituated in part within the angle between the said coupling member and the said side rail and having integral connection with the said rail and said coupling member and being provided with an inwardly extending portion, the upper edge of which is substantially flush with the top of the said coupling member and means whereby said coupling member may be coupled to a corner post of a bedstead.

6. In a spring frame structure for a threepiece bedstead, a corner connection comprising a coupling member secured to an end of tends between and connects opposite corners, and a bracing member secured in the angle between the upper end portion of said coupling member and said side rail and connected to both.

7. lin a spring frame structure for bedsteads, a corner connection comprising a coupl ing member of channel shape in cross section secured to an end of a side rail of said structure and the open side of said member facing outwardly and the upper ends of the opposite sides thereof being provided with downwardly extending slots, an angle iron extending between opposite corners, means for connecting an end portion of said angle iron to the upper end. of the said coupling member, one flange of said angle iron being situated in a plane parallel with the plane of the said frame structure and the other flange thereof extending tra sversely of the plane of said structure and projecting into the said slots, and an angular bracingmember situated within the angle between the upper end portion. of the said coupling mem her and the adj aeent portion of a side rail and being permanently secured to both.

8, In a spring frame structure for bedsteeds, a corner connection comprising a coupling member secured to anend of a side rail of said structure, the upper end portion of said coupling member projecting a distance above the said side rail, connecting bar extending between opposite corners of the said frame structure and being connected With the upper end of a coupling member at each corner, and a bracing member comprising angularly related triangular shaped portions, one of said triangular shaped portions being situated in the angle between the upper end portion of a coupling member and the adjacent portion of a siderail and being secured to both, and the other triangular shaped portion of said bracing member extending inwardly and its upper edge being flush with the upper end of the said coupling member and thereby being adapted to aid in supporting, the said connecting bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 6th day of June, A. D. 1921.

LAURENCE R. DOUGHERTY. 

